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Matthew 15
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Matthew 15
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15 Some Pharisees and other Jewish leaders now arrived from Jerusalem to interview Jesus.
2 “Why do your disciples disobey the ancient Jewish traditions?” they demanded. “For they ignore our ritual of ceremonial handwashing before they eat.” 3 He replied, “And why do your traditions violate the direct commandments of God? 4 For instance, God’s law is ‘Honor your father and mother; anyone who reviles his parents must die.’ 5-6 But you say, ‘Even if your parents are in need, you may give their support money to the church[a] instead.’ And so, by your man-made rule, you nullify the direct command of God to honor and care for your parents. 7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, 8 ‘These people say they honor me, but their hearts are far away. 9 Their worship is worthless, for they teach their man-made laws instead of those from God.’[b]”
10 Then Jesus called to the crowds and said, “Listen to what I say and try to understand: 11
12 Then the disciples came and told him, “You offended the Pharisees by that remark.”
13-14 Jesus replied, “Every plant not planted by my Father shall be rooted up, so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and both will fall into a ditch.”
15 Then Peter asked Jesus to explain what he meant when he said that people are not defiled by nonkosher food.
16 “Don’t you understand?” Jesus asked him. 17 “Don’t you see that anything you eat passes through the digestive tract and out again? 18 But evil words come from an evil heart and defile the man who says them. 19 For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, lying, and slander. 20 These are what defile; but there is no spiritual defilement from eating without first going through the ritual of ceremonial handwashing!”
21 Jesus then left that part of the country and walked the fifty miles to Tyre and Sidon.[d]
22 A woman from Canaan who was living there came to him, pleading, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, King David’s Son! For my daughter has a demon within her, and it torments her constantly.”
23 But Jesus gave her no reply—not even a word. Then his disciples urged him to send her away. “Tell her to get going,” they said, “for she is bothering us with all her begging.”
24 Then he said to the woman, “I was sent to help the Jews—the lost sheep of Israel—not the Gentiles.”
25 But she came and worshiped him and pled again, “Sir, help me!”
26 “It doesn’t seem right to take bread from the children and throw it to the dogs,” he said.
27 “Yes, it is!” she replied, “for even the puppies beneath the table are permitted to eat the crumbs that fall.”
28 “Woman,” Jesus told her, “your faith is large, and your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed right then.
29 Jesus now returned to the Sea of Galilee and climbed a hill and sat there. 30 And a vast crowd brought him their lame, blind, maimed, and those who couldn’t speak, and many others, and laid them before Jesus, and he healed them all. 31 What a spectacle it was! Those who hadn’t been able to say a word before were talking excitedly, and those with missing arms and legs had new ones; the crippled were walking and jumping around, and those who had been blind were gazing about them! The crowds just marveled and praised the God of Israel.
32 Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I pity these people—they’ve been here with me for three days now and have nothing left to eat; I don’t want to send them away hungry or they will faint along the road.”
33 The disciples replied, “And where would we get enough here in the desert for all this mob to eat?”
34 Jesus asked them, “How much food do you have?” And they replied, “Seven loaves of bread and a few small fish!”
35 Then Jesus told all of the people to sit down on the ground, 36 and he took the seven loaves and the fish, and gave thanks to God for them, and divided them into pieces, and gave them to the disciples who presented them to the crowd. 37-38 And everyone ate until full—four thousand men besides the women and children! And afterwards, when the scraps were picked up, there were seven basketfuls left over!
39 Then Jesus sent the people home and got into the boat and crossed to Magadan.
Footnotes
- Matthew 15:5 to the church, literally, “to God.”
- Matthew 15:9 those from God, see Isaiah 29:13.
- Matthew 15:11 It is what you say and think that makes you unclean, implied; literally, “What comes out of a man defiles a man.”
- Matthew 15:21 walked the fifty miles, implied; literally, “withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.”
Matthew 15
New International Version
Matthew 15
New International Version
That Which Defiles(A)
15 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”(B)
3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’[a](C) and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’[b](D) 5 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’ 6 they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
8 “‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
9 They worship me in vain;
their teachings are merely human rules.(E)’[c](F)”
10 Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand. 11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them,(G) but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”(H)
12 Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
13 He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted(I) will be pulled up by the roots. 14 Leave them; they are blind guides.[d](J) If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”(K)
15 Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”(L)
16 “Are you still so dull?”(M) Jesus asked them. 17 “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 18 But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart,(N) and these defile them. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.(O) 20 These are what defile a person;(P) but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
The Faith of a Canaanite Woman(Q)
21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.(R) 22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David,(S) have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”(T)
23 Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”(U)
25 The woman came and knelt before him.(V) “Lord, help me!” she said.
26 He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
27 “Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
28 Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith!(W) Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment.
Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand(X)(Y)(Z)
29 Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down. 30 Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them.(AA) 31 The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.(AB)
32 Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people;(AC) they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.”
33 His disciples answered, “Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?”
34 “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked.
“Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”
35 He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. 36 Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them(AD) and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people. 37 They all ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.(AE) 38 The number of those who ate was four thousand men, besides women and children. 39 After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.
Footnotes
- Matthew 15:4 Exodus 20:12; Deut. 5:16
- Matthew 15:4 Exodus 21:17; Lev. 20:9
- Matthew 15:9 Isaiah 29:13
- Matthew 15:14 Some manuscripts blind guides of the blind
Máté 15
Hungarian Károli
Máté 15
Hungarian Károli
15 Akkor írástudók és farizeusok jõnek vala Jézushoz, Jeruzsálembõl, mondván:
2 Miért hágják át a te tanítványaid a vének rendeléseit? Mert nem mossák meg a kezeiket, mikor enni akarnak.
3 Õ pedig felelvén monda nékik: Ti meg miért hágjátok át az Isten parancsolatját a ti rendeléseitek által?
4 Mert Isten parancsolta ezt, mondván: Tiszteld atyádat és anyádat, és: A ki atyját vagy anyját szidalmazza, halállal lakoljon.
5 Ti pedig ezt mondjátok: A ki atyjának vagy anyjának ezt mondja: Templomi ajándék az, a mivel megsegíthetlek, az olyan akár ne is tisztelje az õ atyját vagy anyját.
6 És erõtelenné tettétek az Isten parancsolatját a ti rendeléseitek által.
7 Képmutatók, igazán prófétált felõletek Ésaiás, mondván:
8 Ez a nép szájával közelget hozzám, és ajkával tisztel engemet; szíve pedig távol van tõlem.
9 Pedig hiába tisztelnek engem, ha oly tudományokat tanítanak, a melyek embereknek parancsolatai.
10 És elõszólítván a sokaságot, monda nékik: Halljátok és értsétek meg:
11 Nem az fertõzteti meg az embert, a mi a szájon bemegy, hanem a mi kijön a szájból, az fertõzteti meg az embert.
12 Akkor hozzájárulván az õ tanítványai, mondának néki: Tudod-é, hogy a farizeusok e beszédet hallván, megbotránkoztak?
13 Õ pedig felelvén, monda: Minden plánta, a melyet nem az én mennyei Atyám plántált, kitépetik.
14 Hagyjátok õket; vakoknak vak vezetõi õk: ha pedig vak vezeti a vakot, mind a ketten a verembe esnek.
15 Péter pedig felelvén, monda néki: Magyarázd meg nékünk ezt a példázatot.
16 Jézus pedig monda: Ti is értelem nélkül vagytok-é még?
17 Mégsem értitek-é, hogy minden, a mi a szájon bemegy, a gyomorba jut, és az árnyékszékbe vettetik?
18 A mik pedig a szájból jõnek ki, a szívbõl származnak, és azok fertõztetik meg az embert.
19 Mert a szívbõl származnak a gonosz gondolatok, gyilkosságok, házasságtörések, paráznaságok, lopások, hamis tanubizonyságok, káromlások.
20 Ezek fertõztetik meg az embert; de a mosdatlan kézzel való evés nem fertõzteti meg az embert.
21 És elmenvén onnét Jézus, Tirus és Sidon vidékeire tére.
22 És ímé egy kananeus asszony jövén ki abból a tartományból, kiált vala néki: Uram, Dávidnak fia, könyörülj rajtam! az én leányom az ördögtõl gonoszul gyötörtetik.
23 Õ pedig egy szót sem felele néki. És az õ tanítványai hozzá menvén, kérik vala õt, mondván: Bocsásd el õt, mert utánunk kiált.
24 Õ pedig felelvén, monda: Nem küldettem, csak az Izráel házának elveszett juhaihoz.
25 Az asszony pedig odaérvén, leborula elõtte, mondván: Uram, légy segítségül nékem!
26 Õ pedig felelvén, monda: Nem jó a fiak kenyerét elvenni, és az ebeknek vetni.
27 Az pedig monda: Úgy van, Uram; de hiszen az ebek is esznek a morzsalékokból, a mik az õ uroknak asztaláról aláhullanak.
28 Ekkor felelvén Jézus, monda néki: Óh asszony, nagy a te hited! Legyen néked a te akaratod szerint. És meggyógyula az õ leánya attól a pillanattól fogva.
29 És onnét távozva, méne Jézus a Galilea tengere mellé; és felmenvén a hegyre, ott leüle.
30 És nagy sokaság megy vala hozzá, vivén magokkal sántákat, vakokat, némákat, csonkákat és sok egyebeket, és odahelyezék õket a Jézus lábai elé; és meggyógyítá õket,
31 Úgy hogy a sokaság álmélkodik vala, látván, hogy a némák beszélnek, a csonkák megépülnek, a sánták járnak, a vakok látnak: és dicsõíték Izráel Istenét.
32 Jézus pedig elõszólítván az õ tanítványait, monda: Szánakozom e sokaságon, mert három napja immár, hogy velem vannak, és nincs mit enniök. Éhen pedig nem akarom õket elbocsátani, hogy valamiképen ki ne dõljenek az úton.
33 És mondának néki az õ tanítványai: Honnét volna e pusztában annyi kenyerünk, hogy megelégítsünk ily nagy sokaságot?
34 És monda nékik Jézus: Hány kenyeretek van? Õk pedig mondának: Hét, és néhány halunk.
35 És parancsolá a sokaságnak, hogy telepedjenek le a földön.
36 És vevén a hét kenyeret és a halakat, és hálákat adván, megtöré, és adá az õ tanítványainak, a tanítványok pedig a sokaságnak.
37 És mindnyájan evének, és megelégedének; és fölszedék a maradék darabokat hét teli kosárral.
38 A kik pedig ettek vala, négyezeren valának férfiak, asszonyokon és gyermekeken kívül.
39 És elbocsátván a sokaságot, beszálla a hajóba, és elméne Magdala határaiba.
Matthew 15
New King James Version
Matthew 15
New King James Version
Defilement Comes from Within(A)
15 Then (B)the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, 2 (C)“Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”
3 He answered and said to them, “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, saying, (D)‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, (E)‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’ 5 But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, (F)“Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God”— 6 then he need not honor his father [a]or mother.’ Thus you have made the [b]commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. 7 (G)Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:
8 ‘These(H) people [c]draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
9 And in vain they worship Me,
(I)Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”
10 (J)When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear and understand: 11 (K)Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”
12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
13 But He answered and said, (L)“Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14 Let them alone. (M)They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
15 (N)Then Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
16 So Jesus said, (O)“Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not yet understand that (P)whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? 18 But (Q)those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. 19 (R)For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. 20 These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”
A Gentile Shows Her Faith(S)
21 (T)Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, (U)Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.”
23 But He answered her not a word.
And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, “Send her away, for she cries out after us.”
24 But He answered and said, (V)“I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
25 Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, help me!”
26 But He answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little (W)dogs.”
27 And she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, (X)great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
Jesus Heals Great Multitudes(Y)
29 (Z)Jesus departed from there, (AA)skirted the Sea of Galilee, and went up on the mountain and sat down there. 30 (AB)Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, [d]maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus’ (AC)feet, and He healed them. 31 So the multitude marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the [e]maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they (AD)glorified the God of Israel.
Feeding the Four Thousand(AE)
32 (AF)Now Jesus called His disciples to Himself and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”
33 (AG)Then His disciples said to Him, “Where could we get enough bread in the wilderness to fill such a great multitude?”
34 Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?”
And they said, “Seven, and a few little fish.”
35 So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. 36 And (AH)He took the seven loaves and the fish and (AI)gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitude. 37 So they all ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets full of the fragments that were left. 38 Now those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. 39 (AJ)And He sent away the multitude, got into the boat, and came to the region of [f]Magdala.
Footnotes
- Matthew 15:6 NU omits or mother
- Matthew 15:6 NU word
- Matthew 15:8 NU omits draw near to Me with their mouth, And
- Matthew 15:30 crippled
- Matthew 15:31 crippled
- Matthew 15:39 NU Magadan
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